Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Counties get chance to revise unfunded mandates
  Minnesota county officials need to balance tight budgets, but some say they are frustrated by state laws that prevent them from saving money.6:20 a.m.
• Is Prairie Island safe enough to produce more electricity?
  Xcel Energy has asked for permission to produce 15 percent more electricity at Prairie Island nuclear plant at a time when the plant has already been required to correct its safety record.7:00 a.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Lost King Speech To Be Heard After 50 Years
  Martin Luther King Jr. gave the speech, about the future of integration, in January 1960 at Bethel College in Kansas. On Monday, it will be heard for the first time in half a century. The only known recording of the speech was found recently in Kansas.
• Emotional Training Helps Kids Fight Depression
  Researchers have developed a curriculum that teaches middle-schoolers to challenge negative thinking in times of emotional stress. Studies show that it can buffer against the onset of depression, suggesting that resilience is a skill that can be learned.
• For Mass. City, Black Leaders Are 'Business As Usual'
  As the nation marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year, it does so for the first time with an African-American president in the White House. And for the residents of Newton, Mass., there's another first: It has a popularly elected black mayor and governor to celebrate along with the president. But not many have noticed.
• Lack Of Relief Triggers Anxiety, Violence In Haiti
  In Haiti, relief supplies haven't reached the general population in large enough quantities, fueling anxieties and security fears and triggering isolated incidents of violence. The U.S. military is facing challenges in trying to deliver aid, as well as provide a basis for more robust security in Haiti's capital and beyond.
• Quake Survivors Gather In Makeshift Shelters
  Last week's earthquake in Haiti has left many survivors homeless. Some have turned to sleeping on the street, in parks and other open spaces.
• Obama Stumps For Democrat In Mass. Senate Race
  Tuesday's special election to fill the Massachusetts Senate seat held by Ted Kennedy for more than 45 years wasn't supposed to be much of a race. Democrat Martha Coakley was expected to be miles ahead of her Republican opponent. Instead, it's a race so close and with so much at stake that President Obama is making a last-ditch appeal for Democrats to turn out for Coakley.
• Opponents Threaten Court Battle On Health Mandate
  A major component of the health bills grinding through Congress right now is a new requirement that nearly everyone buy health insurance — a so-called individual mandate. But conservatives who oppose the health care overhaul have threatened to challenge this mandate on constitutional grounds.
• Toyota Aims To Take Hybrid Sales To New Level
  Toyota is planning to ramp up its production of hybrid cars, according to a Japanese newspaper report, which says the company aims to sell a million hybrid cars in 2011 — double the number it sold last year.
• Europe's Airports Feeling Pinch From Security Costs
  When governments in Europe mandate greater security checks on air passengers, it is often the airports that pick up that tab. But the airports complain that because security is a government responsibility, it should be the state that pays for it.
• The Phone Book's Days Appear Numbered
  At the end of every year, a new telephone book, usually weighing a few pounds, lands with a thud on doorsteps across the country. The directory is estimated to consume millions of trees a year to produce. But with most Americans now carrying mobile phones, do we still need phone directories made out of paper?

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